Hellers Limited is New Zealand’s largest producer

of bacon, ham, and small goods. The Hellers

production facility at Kaiapoi, outside Christchurch,

operates 24 hours a day and produces 350 tonnes

of sausages a week with 400 staff. Staff safety is

a major concern for the company, and a recent

series of theft and harassment prompted the

requirement for a security system to ensure

the safety of their people.

Identifying the customer’s problem

Hellers required an intelligent networked

surveillance system that could provide clear

footage in low light conditions, could be installed

easily and without expensive cabling and power

supplies, and was cost effective to store, playback,

and monitor. The cameras selected were also

required to be strong and vandal resistant to

suit the outdoor installation site.

The MOBOTIX solution

Hellers founding partner, Todd Heller, met with

John Hurford, Managing Director of Network

Imaging Solutions, while on an overseas trip.

MOBOTIX secures New Zealand’s largest small goods producer: Hellers Limited

Kaiapoi, New Zealand

Heller was so impressed by the technology

described by Hurford that he instructed his

IT department to investigate the solution on

his return.

Hurford recommended ten M12 DayNight

cameras to cover the car parks, entrance gates

and to provide staff the personal security that

the company required. In conjunction with

improved fencing and gates, the camera system

ensures security of staff, their property, and

the factory. The cameras have been used to

provide evidence to police in traffic incidents

and to determine fault when damage has been

caused to vehicles. The system has even been

used to convict cable thieves on the property.

The cameras were installed in February 2007

and when Hellers management saw the quality

of the images, ease of installation, and simple

viewing interface they immediately recognised

further potential for the system. “We realised

that the cameras could allow us to improve

the business operation as well as increase

the safety for our staff,” Heller said.

Due to the easy to use and freely available API

built into all MOBOTIX cameras, the Hellers

IT department were able to create a custom

integration with the recently installed Cardax

access control system. This integration allowed

the use of the cameras as secondary confirma-

tion of actions and has been especially useful

in verifying staff claims when the time and

attendance system has failed.

Hellers saw many opportunities to apply the

unique Q24 Hemispheric camera to process

improvement in the company. “The Q24 allows

us to see all corners of a room from a single

camera, while still providing great quality zoomed

footage,” said Dominic Stove, IT Manager at

Hellers. “Through the application of these

cameras, we have been able to identify error

or problems in our processes and improve

them, as well as identify issues that need to

be dealt with.” On one occasion, the camera

allowed identification of a staff member who

was incorrectly cleaning a machine, resulting

in thousands of dollars in repair costs. Once

identified, the staff member was able to be

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re-trained to prevent future incidents. Heller

praised this saying “the savings we have seen

from production improvements and problem

reduction far exceed the initial investment

installing the system.”

Stock movement verification

Thousands of items are shipped from the vari-

ous Hellers warehouses daily and inevitably

problems sometimes arise. “We had situations

where customers had complained that incorrect

items had been shipped to them and no way to

verify the movements back at the warehouse

to isolate when the mistake had been made”

Heller said of the problems. “By installing high

resolution cameras on each of the loading docks,

combined with cameras covering the picking

areas, the warehouse manager is able to confirm

what products have been loaded onto which

trucks.” This additional information has also

been used by Hellers to streamline the picking

Process and time management improvement

process, allowing the warehouse manager to

restock the pick-faces more efficiently.

During the earthquakes and subsequent aftershocks,

footage from the cameras has been used to

evaluate the impact on the facility, including any

damage or movement in heavy racking and large

machinery. “Because the cameras are powered

with PoE, a relatively small UPS was able to

keep the system operation through the power

outage that followed the earthquakes,” Hurford

mentioned “this allowed uninterrupted coverage

of the factory and assisted in the engineering

assessment of the facility.”

Outcome and ongoing improvements

Hellers are continually looking at ways to improve

their processes and increase the efficiency of

the operation, installing cameras along the

production line. Supervisors are then able to

monitor workflows from these cameras and

identify bottlenecks and inefficiencies. The

cumulative total of these small individual

savings can total many man hours, which is

reflected in real cost savings.

“Every day, someone in the organisation uses the

system,” Heller says. “This could be a supervisor

checking on issue reports in the production

line, clarifying the circumstances of injury or

accidents, or monitoring production lines to

ensure correct processes are followed at all

times.”

Unlike other systems, with the decentralised

MOBOTIX concept, a high-speed computer and if

necessary, digital long-term storage is built into

every camera, providing several days of recording

time. The PC and the video control centre now

serve only for viewing and controlling the cameras

(PTZ), not for analysis or recording. This makes

it unnecessary to purchase expensive video

management software, as the most important

and computer-intensive functions are already

integrated in the MOBOTIX cameras.

Hellers has over 70 cameras installed on site,

recording them to two 12TB network attached

storage arrays for up to 8 weeks of archive footage.

Thanks to the decentralised processing and

buffering architecture of the MOBOTIX cameras,

bandwidth requirements are minimal and short

term network or storage issues do not result in

lost footage. “We have been very happy with

the system and recognise the benefits of using

video to improve many aspects of the company,

not just as a surveillance tool,” said Heller.

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